Help! How to leave a boring party?

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A friend of mine is on a very boring party (her words) and mailed me that she need help: She would like to leave the boring party but she don’t know how resp. what she should say to the host. She won’t like to hurt the feelings of the host. As a professional party pooper I have no idea at the moment what she could say. She doesn’t smoke, so “I need to buy some cigarettes” won’t work …

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TBH I think lying about it would be even more impolite than being honest. Saying she´s tired should work, because that way it´s not offensive and she doesn´t have to be dishonest because she isn´t specifiying what she is tired of (which is the party in this case).

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Oh, come on! We’re on a forum for an adventure game. We need adventure game grade solution. Like put sleeping pills in the punch. Mess up electricity by dumping toster in a bathtub full of water. You know…

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In that case I´d need @someone to describe the surroundings in more detail. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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I may agree but be careful, not everyone thinks like that.

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Yep, sounds reasonable. Unless she says “I can’t do this.”, then we have to think of something else.

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That’s a good idea! I’ll suggest that.

That’s the spirit! :wink:

The problem is, that I’m not at the party and was never in the flat where she is at the moment. :slight_smile:

But opening the bathroom window and escape could work… :wink:

I’ve googled about possible answers (before posting the question here) and I’ve found only one advice: Just leave without telling. (At least I wouldn’t feel good with that solution.)

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If everything fails, there’s always “Look behind you…” trick.

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What about the good old I'm-feeling-sick-with-artificial-barf excuse?

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Yeah, this sounds like really bad advice. Unless you are on a party uninvited.

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Depends on the truth in question of course!

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When I used to go to parties, I would leave 90% of them by saying I was going to the bathroom and then I would silently slip out a door into the night… to freedom.

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I once left a party because I was looking for the bathroom. Someone opened a door for me that I thought was the bathroom door, but actually lead to the stairwell. So I threw up in the stairwell and left.

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What did she do in the end?

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With the advice above, she’s probably still at the party :wink: .

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She said that she has to get the last train and with this excuse she left the party.

I’m not sure about that, but she said that she is free now. :wink:

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btw: If you know more excuses, please feel free to post them here. It could be helpful for all of us… :wink:

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I only got Homer´s rejection phrases.

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I dunno… I never get invited to parties, so coming up with excuses to leave them early seems the wrong way to go. :sob:

OK, that put aside… depending on how many people are there: if it is over 30 people or so, just say bye to the two people closest to you and leave.
If there’s only 5 people or so and you’re sitting talking quietly you could make such a mess that the host asks you to leave. Like get up on a table, knock over things, make out with the hosts’ boy/girlfriend or the host her/himself, you know, stuff like that. And if you’re not getting kicked out , at least the party got a lot more fun now, didn’t it?

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But what would you say to them? Just “bye”? What will you answer if they say: “Please, don’t leave so early!”?